Israeli army uses PIs to spy on suspect dodgers

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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli, female, and looking to dodge the draft? Don't get caught kissing.

With more 18-year-old females claiming religious modesty as grounds for exemption from male-dominated military life, Israel's army is hiring investigators to spy on suspected draft evaders, catching them doing decidedly unreligious things.

"We need those girls," Lt. Col. Gil Ben Shaoul, deputy commander of Israel's military recruitment center, told The Associated Press.

The army says the surveillance program began last year and has caught 520 young women, many who admitted they did not deserve the religious exemption and signed up for military service.

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